The Prince and the Pauper
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- Publication date
- 2006-05-20
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- Public Domain
- Topics
- librivox, literature, audiobook, audio book, children, twain, the prince and the pauper, tudor, england, historical fiction, novel
- Language
- English
Librivox recording of The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain.
Read by John Greenman
The Prince and the Pauper (1882) represents Mark Twain's first attempt at historical fiction. The book, set in 1547, tells the story of two young boys who are identical in appearance: Tom Canty, a pauper who lives with his abusive father in Offal Court, London, and Prince Edward son of Henry VIII of England. Due to a series of circumstances, the boys accidentally replace each other, and much of the humor in the book originates in the two boys' inability to function in the world that is so familiar to the other (although Tom soon displays considerable wisdom in his decisions). In many ways, the book is a social satire, particularly compelling in its condemnation of the inequality that existed between the classes in Tudor England. In that sense, Twain abandoned the wry Midwestern style for which he was best known and adopts a style reminiscent of Charles Dickens. (Summary from wikipedia.org)
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Read by John Greenman
The Prince and the Pauper (1882) represents Mark Twain's first attempt at historical fiction. The book, set in 1547, tells the story of two young boys who are identical in appearance: Tom Canty, a pauper who lives with his abusive father in Offal Court, London, and Prince Edward son of Henry VIII of England. Due to a series of circumstances, the boys accidentally replace each other, and much of the humor in the book originates in the two boys' inability to function in the world that is so familiar to the other (although Tom soon displays considerable wisdom in his decisions). In many ways, the book is a social satire, particularly compelling in its condemnation of the inequality that existed between the classes in Tudor England. In that sense, Twain abandoned the wry Midwestern style for which he was best known and adopts a style reminiscent of Charles Dickens. (Summary from wikipedia.org)
For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording.
For more free audiobooks, or to become a volunteer reader, please visit librivox.org.
Download M4B Part 1 (101MB)
Download M4B Part 2 (91MB)
- Addeddate
- 2006-05-20 19:05:06
- Boxid
- OL100020312
- Call number
- 367
- External-identifier
-
urn:oclc:record:1377781152
- Identifier
- prince_and_pauper_librivox
- Identifier-storj
- jvixlckup7skvxf76czozianwrza/archive.org/prince_and_pauper_librivox
- Ocr
- ABBYY FineReader 9.0
- Ocr_converted
- abbyy-to-hocr 1.1.11
- Ocr_module_version
- 0.0.14
- Ppi
- 600
- Run time
- 6:55.44
- Taped by
- LibriVox
- Year
- 2006
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